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TIL even traveling at the speed of light, it would take us 25,000 years to reach the center of our galaxy.

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VMjA8 TIL, In Jan 2015 Masha a tabby cat from Obninsk, Kaluba Russia, rescued an abandoned baby from freezing to death by staying beside & give him warmth while continue meowing to alert human in the vicinity. It didn't took long someone hear & noticed and baby boy was saved & brought to a hospital.
8aYpL TIL about Jon Postel, a researcher who in 1998 hijacked the internet to prove a point about it's poor security. Instead of being reprimanded he was appointed to run ICANN, the authority now responsible for overseeing domain naming and ensuring the internet's ongoing stability.
yV8Qe TIL 1960s VW Beetles didn't have a pump for windshield washer fluid. Instead, it used air pressure from the spare tire to spray the fluid.
8epeG TIL that the first-ever internet meme was the Dancing Baby in 1996
7oNO TIL that initially morphine was used as a cure against opium addiction and later heroin was used as a cure against morphine addiction and even later methadone was used as a cure against heroin addiction!